John 11:36

John 11:36 says, Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!  The Jews said to behold how Jesus loved Lazarus.  When we look at anyone in the world today, we can behold how Jesus loves them.  They did not realize it, but Jesus loved the ones making the statement just as much as He loved Lazarus. The same was true of the Jews who were trying to kill Him.  If Jesus loved one person more than another, He would not be a fair and impartial God. Verse thirty-seven adds, And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?  They again tried to discredit Jesus.  They asked couldn't Jesus, Who had caused the blind man to see have not prevented Lazarus from dying.  They seemed to acknowledge that Jesus had given sight to a blind man but didn't acknowledge His power over death. We may at times feel that God is able to do great miracles and yet fail to fully trust Him with our particular situation.  They saw Jesus's power to be limited at best, or maybe even a lie.  We could interpret their statement as did he really restore the man's sight.  If Jesus could not save one He loved, why would He heal a stranger seemed to be their thought.  Again, we need to realize that there are no strangers to God. Too often people miss the love of God and the salvation of Christ because they want to limit the power of God. When someone we are praying for dies while someone that others are praying for lives, we want to question God.  We may even want to discredit His power or His impartiality.  Seldom do we approach it from the other point of view.  If someone we are praying for lives, and someone others are praying for dies, how often do we ask why God favored us?  We need to realize that our relationship to God is not dependent on the things of this world, good or bad, but on the sacrifice of Christ on the cross.  I wonder how often our lack of faith causes Him to groan in the Spirit.